Download or read book Spirituality in the Writings of Etty Hillesum written by Klaas Smelik and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-10-25 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on Etty Hillesum’s writings, this book offers a comprehensive account of international scholarship on the life, works and vision of the Dutch Jewish writer Etty Hillesum, whose life was shaped by the totalitarian Nazi-regime, and who lived a courageous spirituality in the darkest period of the twentieth century.